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Coming soon to a sky near you … 400 sea eagles

Published Date: 21 November 2009 UP to four times as many sea eagles will be soaring through Scotland's skies by the middle of the next decade compared with today, new research has revealed. The study has predicted that by the...

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I'll have my lobster electrocuted, please

Painless method of killing crustaceans developed The heart-rending sound that a lobster makes as it is boiled alive puts off many a home chef from preparing the dish for a dinner party. Simon Buckhaven has created a machine...

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Mutated H1N1 detected in Norway

OSLO, Norway, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The first two Norwegians to die of swine flu were carrying a mutated version of the H1N1 virus, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said Friday. The World Health Organization in Geneva said...

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H1N1 may have peaked, but not over

H1N1 cases starting to dwindle, even as Tamiflu-resistant cluster detected Dr. Toral Shah examines Sammi Jiminez, 4, in a tent clinic where patients with flu symptoms are treated outside the emergency room at Dell Children's...

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Southern Rocketop wins $90,000 Galt Trot at Maywood

Southern Rocketop's new owner, Tor Birger Krageboen of Norway, got an immediate return on his undisclosed investment Friday night when the Illinois-bred gelding was an authoritative winner of Maywood Park's $90,000 Galt Trot...

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Green Scene: Invasive plants are becoming a larger problem

We live surrounded by many trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals that aren't from this area. It may seem like they belong here, but they don't. They aren't the plants that Mother Nature originally intended for our region.

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Cold Rush

I didn’t want to be famous, but the Norwegians insisted. A day earlier, the weather lady had spotted me in a blue-and-white-shuttered cafe, eating strudel as a soft snow fell on Geilo, a small resort village in the center of...

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Some H1N1 Patients Resistant To Tamiflu In N.C.

Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up...

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Canada goes for gold in sledge hockey

Canada will compete for the gold medal Saturday at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Charlottetown. Team Canada, the two-time defending champions, clinched a berth in the gold medal game on Wednesday with a win against...

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Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts

By MATTIAS KAREN AP Sports Writer (AP) - After taking three golds at this year's world championships, Northug can cement his place as the next Norwegian skiing great with an equally dominant performance in Vancouver. He showed...

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